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Canada faces an existential crisis with CBC
The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act of 1932 is the constitution of this country’s cultural sovereignty, a declaration that the population north of the 49th parallel would have its own culture and cover its own news.
We are in different times and different technologies, but we would do well to remind ourselves of our founding principles.
Lost on the seas of new technologies, we need our compass – because we are facing the digital deluge.
The public broadcaster is weak and endangered. The business model for private broadcasters in Canada is perilous.
We are in an existential crisis.
Read the full story here.
CBC jobs depend on getting Liberals elected,
In the Twitter world stalked relentlessly by journalists, there was a significant flap over the weekend when the esteemed CBC foreign correspondent, Neil Macdonald, now retired, posted that CBC jobs were wholly dependent upon keeping the Liberals happy.
It began when Conservative Sen. Linda Frum posted a video on Twitter of the Commons’ emergency debate that showed CBC anchor, Rosie Barton, suddenly cutting away just as Conservative mucker-upper Pierre Poilievre was delivering a tough question to the PM about when he knew about COVID-19.
Barton, he explained, had a content boss ordering her via her earpiece to cut away from Poilievre to save the Liberals from getting hammered on live TV.
“I remember the commissars telling us that our jobs depended on getting Liberals elected,” he tweeted. “When some of us protested that the Liberals under Paul Martin made the deepest cuts to CBC budgets ever, I had to take a series of classes and sign a revised NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).”
Read the full story here.
It began when Conservative Sen. Linda Frum posted a video on Twitter of the Commons’ emergency debate that showed CBC anchor, Rosie Barton, suddenly cutting away just as Conservative mucker-upper Pierre Poilievre was delivering a tough question to the PM about when he knew about COVID-19.
Barton, he explained, had a content boss ordering her via her earpiece to cut away from Poilievre to save the Liberals from getting hammered on live TV.
“I remember the commissars telling us that our jobs depended on getting Liberals elected,” he tweeted. “When some of us protested that the Liberals under Paul Martin made the deepest cuts to CBC budgets ever, I had to take a series of classes and sign a revised NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).”
Read the full story here.
Erin O’Toole promising to effectively end CBC’s English-language public broadcasting operation
Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole is promising to effectively end CBC’s English-language public broadcasting operation, except for radio. But he says he won’t cut Radio-Canada, CBC’s French-language division.
O’Toole went on to attack the Liberals for increasing CBC’s operating funding after they were elected in 2015. The 2016 federal budget promised an extra $150 million annually for the CBC through 2021. That more than reversed the cuts imposed by Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which in 2012 had slashed CBC funding by $115 million over three years.
Read the full story here.
O’Toole went on to attack the Liberals for increasing CBC’s operating funding after they were elected in 2015. The 2016 federal budget promised an extra $150 million annually for the CBC through 2021. That more than reversed the cuts imposed by Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which in 2012 had slashed CBC funding by $115 million over three years.
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CBC’s viewership is plunging
CBC has one of the biggest advantages ever enjoyed by a ‘media organization.’
Not only are they state-controlled and state-funded, but they also get revenue from private sector ads.
Yet, despite all of their advantages, they’re still failing.
Apparently, if you don’t have content people want to watch, it won’t work out well.
As reported by Blacklocks CBC’s ad revenue is down 53% in the last five years.
A key reason for the loss of ad revenue is because CBC’s viewership is plunging.
Not only are they state-controlled and state-funded, but they also get revenue from private sector ads.
Yet, despite all of their advantages, they’re still failing.
Apparently, if you don’t have content people want to watch, it won’t work out well.
As reported by Blacklocks CBC’s ad revenue is down 53% in the last five years.
A key reason for the loss of ad revenue is because CBC’s viewership is plunging.
Read the full story here.
CBC’s propaganda line is a disgrace
CBC has generated massive outrage with their horrendous ‘coverage’ of Iran shooting down a flight carrying 63 Canadian Citizens.
Despite the obvious fact that Iran is responsible since they are the country that shot down the plane, CBC disgustingly tried to blame the United States:
“In a disgraceful propaganda attempt, CBC is attempting to blame US President Donald Trump for Iran’s shooting down of Flight 752 carrying 63 Canadians.
CBC Reporter Katie Simpson said “63 Canadians dead because of the unintended consequences of a decision made by the US President.”’
Read the full story here.
Despite the obvious fact that Iran is responsible since they are the country that shot down the plane, CBC disgustingly tried to blame the United States:
“In a disgraceful propaganda attempt, CBC is attempting to blame US President Donald Trump for Iran’s shooting down of Flight 752 carrying 63 Canadians.
CBC Reporter Katie Simpson said “63 Canadians dead because of the unintended consequences of a decision made by the US President.”’
Read the full story here.
Shame on CBC Host Michael Enright
Shame on CBC Host Michael Enright for using the Corona virus pandemic to criticize Israel and to falsely portray Gaza as the world’s “biggest open-air prison”.
Just last week we reported that CBC Radio host Carol Off used the Corona virus pandemic as an excuse to tacitly criticize Israel. This week, another CBC host, Michael Enright, did the same on his Sunday Edition radio show.
On March 29, Michael Enright declared that Gaza is the world’s biggest open-air prison in a discussion about the affects that the Corona virus is having on impoverished regions around the world and those at states of war.
As is commonly known, Israel and Egypt’s blockade of the Gaza Strip isn’t pretty, but let’s face it, the genocidal Hamas terror organization runs Gaza and it’s committed to the Jewish state’s destruction, it doesn’t recognize Israel’s existence and commits daily terror attacks targeting Israeli innocents. That’s why Gaza has been effectively hermetically sealed by Egypt and Israel as Hamas and its terror partners continue firing rockets and trying to smuggle weapons into the Strip via land, tunnels or by sea.
Naturally, none of this was acknowledged by Enright in his interview with Paul Rogers (pictured right), a U.K. security expert and peace studies professor on geopolitics during the pandemic.
Just last week we reported that CBC Radio host Carol Off used the Corona virus pandemic as an excuse to tacitly criticize Israel. This week, another CBC host, Michael Enright, did the same on his Sunday Edition radio show.
On March 29, Michael Enright declared that Gaza is the world’s biggest open-air prison in a discussion about the affects that the Corona virus is having on impoverished regions around the world and those at states of war.
As is commonly known, Israel and Egypt’s blockade of the Gaza Strip isn’t pretty, but let’s face it, the genocidal Hamas terror organization runs Gaza and it’s committed to the Jewish state’s destruction, it doesn’t recognize Israel’s existence and commits daily terror attacks targeting Israeli innocents. That’s why Gaza has been effectively hermetically sealed by Egypt and Israel as Hamas and its terror partners continue firing rockets and trying to smuggle weapons into the Strip via land, tunnels or by sea.
Naturally, none of this was acknowledged by Enright in his interview with Paul Rogers (pictured right), a U.K. security expert and peace studies professor on geopolitics during the pandemic.
Read the full story here.
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CBC Host Carol Off Uses Corona Virus to Tacitly Criticize Israel
Carol Off, the host of CBC Radio’s “As It Happens” program, is known for her animus towards Israel. It was not surprising to see her show use the Coronva virus pandemic as a pretext to tacitly criticize the Jewish state.
The March 19 broadcast of the program saw Off interview Dr. Tarek Loubani, a notorious anti-Israel activist and self-described Palestinian-Canadian who is working in Gaza to make 3D-printed face shields for COVID-19. According to the CBC: “Dr. Tarek Loubani runs the Glia Project, which produces low-cost medical supplies for impoverished regions.”
In one fell swoop, Loubani assimilated the Corona virus pandemic that has killed thousands, made sick hundreds of thousands, and brought the world to a standstill – to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Naturally, Ms. Off did not challenge this offensive comparison, instead, she described Gaza as “… often a tense conflict zone and it’s a place where he’s (Loubani is) forced to get creative with limited resources. ” and concluded her interview by saying to Loubani: “I admire your courage and you’re into ingenuity.”
The March 19 broadcast of the program saw Off interview Dr. Tarek Loubani, a notorious anti-Israel activist and self-described Palestinian-Canadian who is working in Gaza to make 3D-printed face shields for COVID-19. According to the CBC: “Dr. Tarek Loubani runs the Glia Project, which produces low-cost medical supplies for impoverished regions.”
In one fell swoop, Loubani assimilated the Corona virus pandemic that has killed thousands, made sick hundreds of thousands, and brought the world to a standstill – to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Naturally, Ms. Off did not challenge this offensive comparison, instead, she described Gaza as “… often a tense conflict zone and it’s a place where he’s (Loubani is) forced to get creative with limited resources. ” and concluded her interview by saying to Loubani: “I admire your courage and you’re into ingenuity.”
Read the full story here.
Just when the CBC could really help Canadians, it lets them down
During the coronavirus crisis, people need to hear about what’s going on in their own communities, from the people they have come to know.
The ability of the CBC to wound itself, to find ways to alienate its audience, reduce its impact, sometimes even drive viewers and listeners away from its services, is a fascinating subject.
I refer to CBC management’s fiat to close down all local supper-hour news shows.
Now instead of the double-band, national plus local, all news will come from the one over-lit and superfluously hosted national studio, as remote as remote can be from the wide, diverse and scattered regions of this great country.
Just when local news in your own region (wherever that is) matters the most, CBC pulls it? Now more than ever, people need to hear what’s going on in their own communities and provinces from the very people, on-air and technical, they have come to know.
Toronto-centric news transmission is not a solution for the CBC; it has always been the problem.
The ability of the CBC to wound itself, to find ways to alienate its audience, reduce its impact, sometimes even drive viewers and listeners away from its services, is a fascinating subject.
I refer to CBC management’s fiat to close down all local supper-hour news shows.
Now instead of the double-band, national plus local, all news will come from the one over-lit and superfluously hosted national studio, as remote as remote can be from the wide, diverse and scattered regions of this great country.
Just when local news in your own region (wherever that is) matters the most, CBC pulls it? Now more than ever, people need to hear what’s going on in their own communities and provinces from the very people, on-air and technical, they have come to know.
Toronto-centric news transmission is not a solution for the CBC; it has always been the problem.
Read the full story here.
HRC Complaint leads to Pro-Israel Analyst Interview
On November 10, CBC Sunday Edition aired a 30-minute anti-Israel invective that centered largely on replacing the world’s only Jewish state with an Arab-majority, Palestinian-run country.
At the time, HonestReporting Canada filed a complaint with senior executives at CBC News and called on Mr. Enright and The Sunday Edition to invite an Israeli expert onto the program who can strongly articulate Israel’s position on all the controversial and nonsensical issues raised by Noura Erakat.
Fast forward to March 15, The Sunday Edition produced a 30-minute segment with acclaimed Israeli author, commentator and political analyst, Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute entitled: “How Israel’s politics and peace process became so stalled”.
While the CBC’s interview with Mr. Klein Halevi did not serve as a direct rebuttal to Noura Erekat’s anti-Israel invective, it did nonetheless provide CBC viewers with an informed and nuanced pro-Israel perspective, along with a critical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israeli politics.
Read the full story here.
At the time, HonestReporting Canada filed a complaint with senior executives at CBC News and called on Mr. Enright and The Sunday Edition to invite an Israeli expert onto the program who can strongly articulate Israel’s position on all the controversial and nonsensical issues raised by Noura Erakat.
Fast forward to March 15, The Sunday Edition produced a 30-minute segment with acclaimed Israeli author, commentator and political analyst, Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute entitled: “How Israel’s politics and peace process became so stalled”.
While the CBC’s interview with Mr. Klein Halevi did not serve as a direct rebuttal to Noura Erekat’s anti-Israel invective, it did nonetheless provide CBC viewers with an informed and nuanced pro-Israel perspective, along with a critical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israeli politics.
Read the full story here.
CBC Seeks Ratings From Uninspiring Game Show
No doubt there’s a multitude of Canadian channel surfers who accidentally find themselves watching CBC’s old-is-new again but supposedly advertiser-friendly, Family Feud Canada, hosted by Gerard Francis Donoghue.
That’s Gerry Dee, for CBC non-watchers, the Toronto gym teacher turned stand-up comedian who has hosted a number of forgettable CBC shows — forgettable because I have never watched one of them to the end.
I do not watch TV for pap. I watch it primarily for the news, and then to be entertained, which has rarely happened on Canada’s national broadcaster.
Family Feud Canada is all about increasing ratings for the CBC.
For me, it’s all about REM sleep. I watch it for a minute or two, then my eyes get heavy, and the next thing I know I am fast asleep and dreaming about rescuing fair maidens from the barbarians.
That’s Gerry Dee, for CBC non-watchers, the Toronto gym teacher turned stand-up comedian who has hosted a number of forgettable CBC shows — forgettable because I have never watched one of them to the end.
I do not watch TV for pap. I watch it primarily for the news, and then to be entertained, which has rarely happened on Canada’s national broadcaster.
Family Feud Canada is all about increasing ratings for the CBC.
For me, it’s all about REM sleep. I watch it for a minute or two, then my eyes get heavy, and the next thing I know I am fast asleep and dreaming about rescuing fair maidens from the barbarians.
Read the full story here.
CBC appears to struggle with its own sense of identity
According to their most recent submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), CBC/Radio Canada brings in about $300 million in advertising. A great deal of that advertising appears to be of the bargain basement variety, particularly on CBC Newsnet, where the audience appears to range from those requiring walk-in baths to self-styled elite singles seeking companionship.
Even this revenue appears to be in a state of irreversible decline. The response to that by the CBC, naturally, is to seek foriegn programming to build audiences in the most desired advertising markets such as the GTA. At which point sensible people throw their hands in the air and wonder: what, then, is the actual point of the CBC?
At times, CBC television appears to have struggled with its own sense of identity.
Even this revenue appears to be in a state of irreversible decline. The response to that by the CBC, naturally, is to seek foriegn programming to build audiences in the most desired advertising markets such as the GTA. At which point sensible people throw their hands in the air and wonder: what, then, is the actual point of the CBC?
At times, CBC television appears to have struggled with its own sense of identity.
Read the full story here.
Public confidence in CBC is at an all-time low
The national state broadcaster has claimed that we blur ethical lines. While we appreciate the attention of the CBC, partisanship is an interesting charge coming from them, a major outlet that continues to take hundreds of millions of your tax dollars while spreading woke social justice messages and left-leaning content on an hourly basis.
The argument is that we exist in a “grey area” between journalism and “pamphleteering.” In their attempt to establish this argument, they dust off Alan Conter, a professor of journalism from Concordia University. Conter claims that transparency is key, and that what we do is “less journalism and more pamphleteering.” What CBC and Conter fail to disclose is that Conter is a former CBC executive producer. Conter is right about one thing: Transparency is key. We wonder why CBC wasn’t transparent about this connection.
This all comes at a time when public confidence in the state-funded broadcaster is at an all-time low. The public sees the slow dance between legacy media like the CBC and the Trudeau government. It’s right there in plain view, under a spotlight. It’s almost romantic.
The argument is that we exist in a “grey area” between journalism and “pamphleteering.” In their attempt to establish this argument, they dust off Alan Conter, a professor of journalism from Concordia University. Conter claims that transparency is key, and that what we do is “less journalism and more pamphleteering.” What CBC and Conter fail to disclose is that Conter is a former CBC executive producer. Conter is right about one thing: Transparency is key. We wonder why CBC wasn’t transparent about this connection.
This all comes at a time when public confidence in the state-funded broadcaster is at an all-time low. The public sees the slow dance between legacy media like the CBC and the Trudeau government. It’s right there in plain view, under a spotlight. It’s almost romantic.
Read the full story here.
CBC nothing but a Liberal propaganda machine
The CBC receives a 1.2 billion dollar a year handout by the federal government funded by taxpayers.
Last year, they ‘earned’ $58 million in advertising revenue, down from the $114 million in 2014.
And what the hell is the 1.2 billion being spent on??? It’s certainly not ‘content’ or fair, equal, unbiased reporting.
They claim they are the ‘state broadcaster’ and ‘want to reach out to all Canadians’. Yet, they are nothing but a Liberal propaganda machine.
There are 36 million people living in our country, and the CBC’s viewership in 2019 went down to 269,000.
That means, that only .0074% of Canadians care to listen to, or watch their Liberal drivel.
Last year, they ‘earned’ $58 million in advertising revenue, down from the $114 million in 2014.
And what the hell is the 1.2 billion being spent on??? It’s certainly not ‘content’ or fair, equal, unbiased reporting.
They claim they are the ‘state broadcaster’ and ‘want to reach out to all Canadians’. Yet, they are nothing but a Liberal propaganda machine.
There are 36 million people living in our country, and the CBC’s viewership in 2019 went down to 269,000.
That means, that only .0074% of Canadians care to listen to, or watch their Liberal drivel.
Read the full story here.
CBC competes for viewers and advertising income
Online is where it’s at. There, CBC/Radio Canada goes toe to toe with traditional broadcasters and newspapers fighting for readers, viewers, listeners and, most of all, dollars. That’s where it sows. And that’s where it reaps.
And that’s where, if something needs to be “done” about CBC – which, in both the online and television worlds, is a full-blown commercial operator – it should be done.
The nation’s television broadcasting world has forever been distorted by the existence of a publicly-funded entity such as CBC that competes not only for viewers but for advertising income. It has always been entirely unfair to the private sector that its own tax dollars are used to compete against it.
Publicly-funded radio may compete with the private sector for listeners but never for money.
About 40 per cent of Canada’s advertising dollars are spent online, making that medium by far the most dominant, followed by TV a good 10 points behind, then radio and newspapers. That means that by employing an aggressive online strategy, CBC now competes for a share of about 70 per cent of the advertising dollars at play in the market.
So newspapers, radio and other Internet platforms are now, in addition to television companies, paying taxes that subsidize their competition to their detriment.
And that’s where, if something needs to be “done” about CBC – which, in both the online and television worlds, is a full-blown commercial operator – it should be done.
The nation’s television broadcasting world has forever been distorted by the existence of a publicly-funded entity such as CBC that competes not only for viewers but for advertising income. It has always been entirely unfair to the private sector that its own tax dollars are used to compete against it.
Publicly-funded radio may compete with the private sector for listeners but never for money.
About 40 per cent of Canada’s advertising dollars are spent online, making that medium by far the most dominant, followed by TV a good 10 points behind, then radio and newspapers. That means that by employing an aggressive online strategy, CBC now competes for a share of about 70 per cent of the advertising dollars at play in the market.
So newspapers, radio and other Internet platforms are now, in addition to television companies, paying taxes that subsidize their competition to their detriment.
Read the full story here.
The problems with the CBC are threefold
The CBC license is up for renewal and the debate is (again) on. Is it fair to keep public funding for this broadcaster? Or, more bluntly, do we need the CBC?
There is no doubt that the CBC has a rich history of accomplishments since its creation in 1936, in terms of production of quality shows and as a springboard for worldwide renowned artists. However, since the beginning of the eighties, the game has changed, and the CBC has increasing difficulties to play a significant role. They are losing ground domestically and our Canadian talents need to move to the South to pursue their international quest for stardom.
The problems with the CBC are threefold. First, they are unable, just like most other broadcaster, to better use the new technology. Second, they don’t have the proper content. The CBC wants to talk about Canada but it’s trying too hard to shape Canadians into something they still don’t know. And third, it is the mentality of the Corporation. Economic entitlement, lack of reward for those working hard and diligently (and there are many), no consequences for incompetent and irresponsible employers, too much bureaucracy inside and too much politicking.
Read the full story here.
There is no doubt that the CBC has a rich history of accomplishments since its creation in 1936, in terms of production of quality shows and as a springboard for worldwide renowned artists. However, since the beginning of the eighties, the game has changed, and the CBC has increasing difficulties to play a significant role. They are losing ground domestically and our Canadian talents need to move to the South to pursue their international quest for stardom.
The problems with the CBC are threefold. First, they are unable, just like most other broadcaster, to better use the new technology. Second, they don’t have the proper content. The CBC wants to talk about Canada but it’s trying too hard to shape Canadians into something they still don’t know. And third, it is the mentality of the Corporation. Economic entitlement, lack of reward for those working hard and diligently (and there are many), no consequences for incompetent and irresponsible employers, too much bureaucracy inside and too much politicking.
Read the full story here.
CBC - Credibility Shot, Ratings Plummeting
The National has made a strong argument for its demise. Its four-person electric hedgehog is bumping along, often at about half the audience former host Mansbridge drew in his final years on the network’s flagship TV news show. While some of this might be attributed to the general bleed of viewers everywhere, you don’t see the same carnage at CTV’s flagship news show The CTV National News.
What’s most galling about The National’s collapse is that, during the 2016 federal election, CBC executives begged Justin Trudeau for $1.5 billion to restore the publicly funded radio/TV behemoth to its former status. If they had the money radio and TV would soar once more. When the PM complied, the Corp instead poured the money into bigfooting private outlets in the new digital/ social media field.
Now a day rarely goes by without the formerly cash-strapped CBC hiring a former newspaper reporter to bloat its massive profile on the web. It has squeezed the oxygen out of the opposition, positioning itself as the heavyweight in digital. Hardly a fair fight— and using public funds.
What’s most galling about The National’s collapse is that, during the 2016 federal election, CBC executives begged Justin Trudeau for $1.5 billion to restore the publicly funded radio/TV behemoth to its former status. If they had the money radio and TV would soar once more. When the PM complied, the Corp instead poured the money into bigfooting private outlets in the new digital/ social media field.
Now a day rarely goes by without the formerly cash-strapped CBC hiring a former newspaper reporter to bloat its massive profile on the web. It has squeezed the oxygen out of the opposition, positioning itself as the heavyweight in digital. Hardly a fair fight— and using public funds.
Read the full story here.
CBC trying to force Canadians to fund their failing network
The failing network is desperate for more tax dollars. According to a new report by Blacklock’s, CBC is desperate for yet more money, amid collapsing ad revenue and horrendous viewership numbers.
The report indicates that CBC English-language TV ad revenue is down 37%, with less than 1% of Canadians watching local CBC newscasts at suppertime.
Clearly, Canadians aren’t enjoying the content being pushed by CBC. But instead of respecting the choice of the vast majority of Canadians who aren’t watching, CBC is trying to force Canadians to fund their failing network.
Instead of being forced to fund CBC, CBC should be stripped of public funding and rely on the private sector.
The report indicates that CBC English-language TV ad revenue is down 37%, with less than 1% of Canadians watching local CBC newscasts at suppertime.
Clearly, Canadians aren’t enjoying the content being pushed by CBC. But instead of respecting the choice of the vast majority of Canadians who aren’t watching, CBC is trying to force Canadians to fund their failing network.
Instead of being forced to fund CBC, CBC should be stripped of public funding and rely on the private sector.
CBC pulls out of Omar Khadr speaking event in Halifax
The CBC has pulled its participation from an event featuring the convicted terrorist Omar Khadr at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Monday.
Omar Khadr is a former child soldier who was involved in a firefight with US soldiers in 2002, leaving one US soldier dead. Khadr was wounded in the firefight and captured—being taken to Guantanamo Bay where he was held without charge.
In 2017, Justin Trudeau’s federal government awarded Khadr a $10.5 million settlement. Khadr went on to purchase a strip mall in Edmonton with some of the money.
Khadr previously caused controversy early in 2019 when he appeared on CBC’s Tout Le Monde En Parle, a French-language TV show which gave him a hero’s welcome.
Read the full story here.
Omar Khadr is a former child soldier who was involved in a firefight with US soldiers in 2002, leaving one US soldier dead. Khadr was wounded in the firefight and captured—being taken to Guantanamo Bay where he was held without charge.
In 2017, Justin Trudeau’s federal government awarded Khadr a $10.5 million settlement. Khadr went on to purchase a strip mall in Edmonton with some of the money.
Khadr previously caused controversy early in 2019 when he appeared on CBC’s Tout Le Monde En Parle, a French-language TV show which gave him a hero’s welcome.
Read the full story here.
CBC’s TV Ratings Are A Disaster
CBC gets about $1.5 BILLION per year in taxpayer funding.
As if that wasn’t enough, they also get private sector ads just like their competitors.
So, they get public money and private money, leading to a totally uncompetitive playing field.
And yet, their ratings are still in the toilet.
To get a sense of how bad CBC’s ratings are, consider that not even one of CBC’s highly-funded programs could beat reruns of Border Security, or Wheel of Fortune.
Plus, this isn’t just about shows that are big in popular culture.
CTV evening News, CTV national news, CTV evening news weekend, CTV late news, Global news Hour, and Global national were all in the top 30.
CBC News or The National? Nowhere to be found on the list.
So, we are paying tons of money to a network that can’t even get people to watch it.
As if that wasn’t enough, they also get private sector ads just like their competitors.
So, they get public money and private money, leading to a totally uncompetitive playing field.
And yet, their ratings are still in the toilet.
To get a sense of how bad CBC’s ratings are, consider that not even one of CBC’s highly-funded programs could beat reruns of Border Security, or Wheel of Fortune.
Plus, this isn’t just about shows that are big in popular culture.
CTV evening News, CTV national news, CTV evening news weekend, CTV late news, Global news Hour, and Global national were all in the top 30.
CBC News or The National? Nowhere to be found on the list.
So, we are paying tons of money to a network that can’t even get people to watch it.
Read the full story here.
How low will CBC TV bosses go in search of ratings and ad dollars?
My friends, it’s time for a resistance. Specifically, a resistance against the direction that current management is taking CBC TV.
First came the news that CBC TV is investing heavily in the advertiser-friendly game show Family Feud Canada and bringing back the reality show Battle of the Blades. That’s bedrock commercial TV stuff, a craven move to get ratings and ad dollars. It’s fine, as long as the fluff is balanced by a plan to air substantial material. What CBC executives like to call “cerebral” content.
First came the news that CBC TV is investing heavily in the advertiser-friendly game show Family Feud Canada and bringing back the reality show Battle of the Blades. That’s bedrock commercial TV stuff, a craven move to get ratings and ad dollars. It’s fine, as long as the fluff is balanced by a plan to air substantial material. What CBC executives like to call “cerebral” content.
Read the full story here.
Erin O’Toole to cut all funding to CBC’s English-language digital operations
Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole is promising to effectively end CBC’s English-language public broadcasting operation, except for radio. But he says he won’t cut Radio-Canada, CBC’s French-language division.
CBC is a popular target during Conservative leadership races, as multiple candidates in the 2017 race had also taken aim at the public broadcaster’s news division. In total, CBC receives $1.2 billion in operating and capital funding from the government each year, and adds about $500 million in advertising, subscription fees, and other revenue sources.
O’Toole released a video Friday morning where he promised to cut all funding to CBC’s English-language digital operations, slash the English TV budget by 50 per cent, and aim to privatize the English TV operation by the end of his first mandate in government.
CBC is a popular target during Conservative leadership races, as multiple candidates in the 2017 race had also taken aim at the public broadcaster’s news division. In total, CBC receives $1.2 billion in operating and capital funding from the government each year, and adds about $500 million in advertising, subscription fees, and other revenue sources.
O’Toole released a video Friday morning where he promised to cut all funding to CBC’s English-language digital operations, slash the English TV budget by 50 per cent, and aim to privatize the English TV operation by the end of his first mandate in government.
Read the full story here.
CBC management thinks commercial sponsorship is right thing to do
Here is the good news: the CRTC has ordered CBC/Radio-Canada to end paid advertising on Radio 2 and ICI Musique. The ban begins immediately.
The bad news is that CBC management still seems to think it was doing the right thing when it opened the two radio networks to commercial sponsorship three years ago, with the CRTC's wary approval.
A corporate spokesperson said Wednesday the withdrawal of permission shows "a lack of understanding about the reality of public broadcasting," and "does not help CBC/Radio-Canada serve Canadians."
But the "reality" of public broadcasting, in principle at least, is that it exists precisely in order to provide a service that is not a commercial, for-profit undertaking. It is intended to be distinctive, to be free from the influence of vested interests either commercial or governmental, and to serve its audiences as citizens rather than as consumers.
Read the full story here.
The bad news is that CBC management still seems to think it was doing the right thing when it opened the two radio networks to commercial sponsorship three years ago, with the CRTC's wary approval.
A corporate spokesperson said Wednesday the withdrawal of permission shows "a lack of understanding about the reality of public broadcasting," and "does not help CBC/Radio-Canada serve Canadians."
But the "reality" of public broadcasting, in principle at least, is that it exists precisely in order to provide a service that is not a commercial, for-profit undertaking. It is intended to be distinctive, to be free from the influence of vested interests either commercial or governmental, and to serve its audiences as citizens rather than as consumers.
Read the full story here.
CBC The National: Less News and More Propaganda
Has the cash-strapped CBC SOLD OFF editorial control of their flagship news program The National to the federal NDP? Or have they just GIVEN it to them?
Something has gone terrible awry with Canada’s public broadcaster, whose Journalistic Standards state:
“We are committed to reflecting accurately the range of experiences and points of view of all citizens. All Canadians, of whatever origins, perspectives and beliefs, should feel that our news and current affairs coverage is relevant to them and lives up to our Values.”
Not from what I’ve observed!
The National newscast, I have found, always leaned a bit left, but these days, it has become increasingly difficult for a fair-minded viewer to watch without being concerned … even if you lean left.
I find it is now filled with far too many stories that I would describe as totally one-sided: “advocacy” journalism pushing a particular point of view …. ie. propaganda.
But remember, it is paid for by ALL Canadians! And read that statement of principles again about what it is SUPPOSED to do.
I would describe The National now as more of a sophisticated attempt to brainwash Canadians to support left-wing political and social policies and ideology … rather than truly cover/canvass multiple sides of important issues … as real journalists should.
Read the full story here.
Something has gone terrible awry with Canada’s public broadcaster, whose Journalistic Standards state:
“We are committed to reflecting accurately the range of experiences and points of view of all citizens. All Canadians, of whatever origins, perspectives and beliefs, should feel that our news and current affairs coverage is relevant to them and lives up to our Values.”
Not from what I’ve observed!
The National newscast, I have found, always leaned a bit left, but these days, it has become increasingly difficult for a fair-minded viewer to watch without being concerned … even if you lean left.
I find it is now filled with far too many stories that I would describe as totally one-sided: “advocacy” journalism pushing a particular point of view …. ie. propaganda.
But remember, it is paid for by ALL Canadians! And read that statement of principles again about what it is SUPPOSED to do.
I would describe The National now as more of a sophisticated attempt to brainwash Canadians to support left-wing political and social policies and ideology … rather than truly cover/canvass multiple sides of important issues … as real journalists should.
Read the full story here.
Cut off digital revenue to CBC says public-policy group
A public-policy group has issued 12 recommendations to revive the Canadian news industry, including cutting off digital revenue to the public broadcaster.
The report by the Public Policy Forum maintains that the decline of traditional media, audience fragmentation, and fake news are undermining faith in Canadian democracy.
"Free cbc.ca of the need to 'attract eyeballs' for digital advertising, which can run contrary to its civic-function mission and draw it into a 'clickbait' mentality," the report states.
As things stand now, the CBC generates about $25 million in annual digital revenue, according to the report.
Read the full story here.
The report by the Public Policy Forum maintains that the decline of traditional media, audience fragmentation, and fake news are undermining faith in Canadian democracy.
"Free cbc.ca of the need to 'attract eyeballs' for digital advertising, which can run contrary to its civic-function mission and draw it into a 'clickbait' mentality," the report states.
As things stand now, the CBC generates about $25 million in annual digital revenue, according to the report.
Read the full story here.
CBC broadcast was devastatingly defamatory
Leenen v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation et al
Defendants produced television program about safety of certain heart medications–Program implied that plaintiff doctor and research scientist supported prescribing of killer drugs, was in conflict of interest, received pay-off from pharmaceutical company and acted negligently or dishonestly as chairman of ad hoc advisory committee of Health Canada’s Health Protection Branch–Aggravated damages of $350,000, general damages of $400,000 and punitive damages of $200,000 affirmed on appeal.
The trial judge found that the words complained of did actually bear those meanings and that the broadcast was devastatingly defamatory of the plaintiff. He found that the defence of justification failed because many of the facts alleged by the defendants were not true. He rejected the defence of qualified privilege, concluding that, while the program was “of public interest”, it was not “in the public interest”, and was contrary to the public interest because of its real potential for harm by inciting a panic amongst patients suffering from high blood pressure.
Read the full judgement here.
Defendants produced television program about safety of certain heart medications–Program implied that plaintiff doctor and research scientist supported prescribing of killer drugs, was in conflict of interest, received pay-off from pharmaceutical company and acted negligently or dishonestly as chairman of ad hoc advisory committee of Health Canada’s Health Protection Branch–Aggravated damages of $350,000, general damages of $400,000 and punitive damages of $200,000 affirmed on appeal.
The trial judge found that the words complained of did actually bear those meanings and that the broadcast was devastatingly defamatory of the plaintiff. He found that the defence of justification failed because many of the facts alleged by the defendants were not true. He rejected the defence of qualified privilege, concluding that, while the program was “of public interest”, it was not “in the public interest”, and was contrary to the public interest because of its real potential for harm by inciting a panic amongst patients suffering from high blood pressure.
Read the full judgement here.
Ban the CBC from digital advertising
An ominous silence has fallen over the demands to save Canada's newspapers, even as more of their employees take the long walk into the abattoir of the industry's ambitions.
It was only 18 months ago that the Public Policy Forum report authored by Edward Greenspon - The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age - made a number of recommendations designed to halt the slaughter.
Chief among the recommendations was the establishment of a fund of as much as $400 million supported by a 10 per cent withholding tax on advertising purchased in foreign digital media.
Additional recommendations included - and some of us have long campaigned for this - banning the CBC from digital advertising and making its content available without charge to its domestic competitors.
We all know the age of print is over and that it would be foolish to subsidize it. But we know just as well that the cornerstone of democracy is freedom of speech. And freedom of the press to verify and disseminate that speech is necessary in order to discern what's true within an otherwise cacophonic maze of opinion and manipulation.
Yet by refusing to balance the online playing field by banning the CBC from selling digital advertising and eliminating its domestic copyright protection on news content, Canada is sustaining a public policy that can only end with private sector failure and a government-funded news aristocracy bordering on monopoly.
Read the full story here.
It was only 18 months ago that the Public Policy Forum report authored by Edward Greenspon - The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age - made a number of recommendations designed to halt the slaughter.
Chief among the recommendations was the establishment of a fund of as much as $400 million supported by a 10 per cent withholding tax on advertising purchased in foreign digital media.
Additional recommendations included - and some of us have long campaigned for this - banning the CBC from digital advertising and making its content available without charge to its domestic competitors.
We all know the age of print is over and that it would be foolish to subsidize it. But we know just as well that the cornerstone of democracy is freedom of speech. And freedom of the press to verify and disseminate that speech is necessary in order to discern what's true within an otherwise cacophonic maze of opinion and manipulation.
Yet by refusing to balance the online playing field by banning the CBC from selling digital advertising and eliminating its domestic copyright protection on news content, Canada is sustaining a public policy that can only end with private sector failure and a government-funded news aristocracy bordering on monopoly.
Read the full story here.
CBC host literally left stuttering with confusion
CBC stunned by foreign media view of Liberals’ NAFTA incompetence.
On Friday’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Frank H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, joined me to discuss his recent appearance on the CBC where he criticized the Liberals' incompetence during the NAFTA negotiations.
There were no fireworks or hysterics or arguments - the CBC host was literally left stuttering with confusion at a perspective that those in Canada’s media party, have never heard.
See the story and video here.
On Friday’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Frank H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, joined me to discuss his recent appearance on the CBC where he criticized the Liberals' incompetence during the NAFTA negotiations.
There were no fireworks or hysterics or arguments - the CBC host was literally left stuttering with confusion at a perspective that those in Canada’s media party, have never heard.
See the story and video here.
CBC slapped with with a $282 million defamation lawsuit
Subway’s Chicken Is Still Half-Fake: TV Network Stands by Its Investigation.
In March, all of North America collectively cringed when an investigative media report found that the chicken served in Canada’s Subway sandwiches and salads was made of only 50 percent chicken (along with 50 percent filler and additives). Since then, Subway has slapped the Canadian Broadcasting Company with a $282 million ($210 million USD) defamation lawsuit and vehemently denied all claims, counteracting the damning laboratory results with lab tests of their own.
Read the full story here.
In March, all of North America collectively cringed when an investigative media report found that the chicken served in Canada’s Subway sandwiches and salads was made of only 50 percent chicken (along with 50 percent filler and additives). Since then, Subway has slapped the Canadian Broadcasting Company with a $282 million ($210 million USD) defamation lawsuit and vehemently denied all claims, counteracting the damning laboratory results with lab tests of their own.
Read the full story here.
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